October 15, 2010 - Adios My Blogging Friends!

And goodbye to my non-blogging followers, too!

We'll be leaving really early tomorrow morning, but I have to take the cable modem back this afternoon, so I'll be shutting down my blog now.

I'm not ready to go, by any means. I did, with Mr. Granny's help, get most of the pots and buckets stacked in the shed, the tomato cages put away for the winter, and the hoses all drained, coiled and stored. The tomato fortress never did get torn down, so that will be a job for next spring. Only half the main garden paths got raked clean, but the vegetation laying there will diminish a bit by March, when I'll feel a bit more enthusiastic about gardening. Cleaning up the garden is so much easier after a freeze. It's rather difficult for me to tear out plants that are lush and green yet, even though I know nobody will be harvesting them.


Goodbye, north garden.


Goodbye, east garden, kennel garden and green, green grass..


Goodbye, pretty cosmos, I wish I hadn't killed the rest of you! Just imagine, if one of you can be so beautiful, what six of you would have looked like.

If I decide to grow a garden in Arizona this winter, it will be just a tiny one like last year. I do have a project to take up a bit of my spare time, though. Last night my daughter asked what would happen if my blog went down and was lost forever. She said that would be terrible, because she was sure the grandchildren would love to look back at it in years to come. I checked, and there is a way to back up Blogger, but it doesn't do the photos, so they would all have to be reinserted. Soooo....my winter project is to copy and paste each blog, in HTML, and save them all to my computer (and a couple other sources, such as external hard drive and CD) under their publishing dates. I did ten of them last night, so I only have 523 to go. Five-hundred-twenty-four after this one.

Well, it's time to take the modem back. Let's all keep our fingers crossed that I'll have internet access when we get to Arizona.

Love,
Granny

18 comments:

  1. ErinOctober 15, 2010 at 1:45 PM

    If you left your cosmos up, rest assured, you will have six (hundred) when you get back - have you seen my post today LOL?

    Drive safely Granny & Mr. Granny, see you on the other end!

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  2. RibbitOctober 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM

    Granny, you do know that there's a place called blog2print.com that will make a book for you from your posts, right? You could do it year by year or season by season and choose to insert comments or not. It would save you a lot of time and effort, that's for sure.

    Have a safe, safe trip and find a way to let us know you get there.

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  3. SydneyGardenerOctober 15, 2010 at 2:00 PM

    Have a great Arizona winter Annie!.

    i did a google on backing up blogspot images and this link might help..

    http://googlesystem.blogspot.com/2007/02/how-to-backup-blogger-blog.html

    it reckons this Firefox extension will do the trick for all images in 1 go.

    https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/201/

    hope that helps.

    im all excited .. got 2 red tom thumb tomatoes today in my sydney garden.. Its october in Sydny your equivalent April!

    Cheers

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  4. Scented LeafOctober 15, 2010 at 2:13 PM

    Granny ... you are so determined! Good luck on your journey. Maybe the below mentioned tools would help you a little:

    http://www.blogbooker.com/index.php
    http://www.blogher.com/frame.php?url=http://www.bookfabrik.com
    http://www.blurb.com/
    http://blog2print.sharedbook.com/blogworld/printmyblog/index.html

    Take care,
    ScentedLeaf

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  5. Annie*s GrannyOctober 15, 2010 at 2:39 PM

    Hello, all. I took my modem back, but they said to keep it, so I'm back on line until we leave in the morning.

    About the blog backup programs:

    Yes, I know there is a print to book, and I've been tempted, but I actually started doing just that last year on my own hard drive, by copying everything (including the photos) into Open Office. I kind of pooped out on the project, for a while, then I had that problem with the laptop, when I backed up everything to the external hard drive, reformatted, then found out the backup program hadn't worked properly. I lost the "book"! I'll be smarter this time, and make sure I have more than one copy.

    Sydney Gardener, all the photos are already on Picasa, as well as in a folder (dated) on my laptop. So far I've not found any program that will back up the text and the photos together.

    I have already used and saved the blog to an .xml file with Blogger's backup. It saves all the settings and the comments, but I see no HTML where the photos belong.

    Therefore, I have concluded the simple copy and paste is the best way to go. And I'll have a lot of time to get it done this winter ;-)

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  6. johannaOctober 15, 2010 at 2:53 PM

    Safe travels

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  7. UnknownOctober 15, 2010 at 3:32 PM

    Granny, have a safe trip!

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  8. patriciaOctober 15, 2010 at 3:46 PM

    I have a question... you can answer when you get reestablished. What are you doing with the tons of canned goods you put up..do you take them, do they wait at home for you?
    Have a safe trip.

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  9. Annie*s GrannyOctober 15, 2010 at 3:51 PM

    Patricia, I packed 36 jars to take with us, as well as a couple of gallon bags of frozen green beans. My shelves are still quite full. I do give a lot of the home canned foods to my kids, though.

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  10. kelliOctober 15, 2010 at 4:40 PM

    bon voyage! i really hope you get online in arizona! xo

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  11. Daphne GouldOctober 15, 2010 at 4:44 PM

    I'm keeping my fingers crossed. Hope to hear from you soon.

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  12. Annie*s GrannyOctober 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM

    LOL, is this soon enough for you, Daphne?

    I'm still here...the kids are on their way with pizza, then I'll pack up the laptop, hit the shower and get to bed early. We'd like to be on the road by around 6 in the morning, and there are always last minute things to attend to. Like setting the heat pump to 45F, unplugging everything, throwing the breakers on the large appliances, getting Annie's Dramamine down her throat (I'd better save a little chunk of pizza for that!). I'm washing refrigerator and freezer shelves now, just about finished with the grunt work.

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  13. AlisonOctober 15, 2010 at 6:02 PM

    Hope you get internet service in Arizona. I've really enjoyed reading your blog this growing season. You come back to Washington in March?

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  14. DanOctober 15, 2010 at 7:51 PM

    Have a safe trip Granny! Good luck with your winter garden too :-)

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  15. ToniOctober 15, 2010 at 8:41 PM

    Fingers crossed Granny! Safe travels!

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  16. kitsapFGOctober 15, 2010 at 8:48 PM

    Safe travels my gardening friend and you had better get good internet service in Arizona this year! We're all counting on it you know.

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  17. Mr. H.October 16, 2010 at 7:38 AM

    Goodbye Granny, we are all looking forward to hearing from you in Arizona. My wife will be flying over your head on her way home in a few hours...I told her to wave as she flies over your home.

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  18. meemsnycOctober 16, 2010 at 6:08 PM

    Oh Granny! Have a great winter in Arizona! I'll miss reading about your garden, Mr. Granny and the cute doggies!

    I hate Cosmos! Death to Cosmos is what I say. Hahaha

    Wow, you're saving all your blog posts! Wow. That is a big task!

    See you in the spring!

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